The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-05-05
Newspapers in 1887.

Geo. p Rowell & Co. of New York,
will issue Monday, May End, the Nineteenth
Annual edition Of their standard publ
cation, the "American Newspaper Dlrec-
tory"
The new volume contains an exhaustive
list Of all Glass Publications so admirably
arranged that any one of the three thou
sand papers represented there can be read
ily referred to and all important facts con-
eerning it, together with its circulation
rating, easily obtained.
The Newspaper Directory Will be used
principally by Publishers. Advertisers ana
Advertising Agents, but the vast fund OF
information it contains makes it valuable
to persons Of almost every trade and pro-
fcSsiOn AS Gazetteer alone it is we'll
worth the price charged, $500, for it fully
describe, every town in which newspaper
is issued, and few people care to know
about any place where one is not.
The number Of papers published IN the
United States, Territories, Gncludlng
Alaska) and Canada is put at -, APO; an in
crease Of 5S1 in one year.
The growth Of newspapers in some OF the
Western States would be matter OF won
der, if it were not that this year is no eX-
ception to the rule. In Kansas the increase
is 80 and in Nebraska 81 while the Key
stone State shows a smaller advance of 50
and the Buckeye State of 50. Pennsylvania
exhibits the largest Increase III dailleS, il !;
Kansas in WeckieS, 81, and New York in
m0nthlipS II. Seven States show de-
crease the most prominent instances being
New Hampshire and Virginia, six each.
The whole volume shows that great care
has been taken to sustain its reputation as
the most comprehensive work OF the KIND
yet published, and to insure accuracy in
every detail. Anything less than COM
pletc compendium Of American newspapers
and periodicals would surprise those who
FoO 1ioc wi a former Of
firm, who are so we'll known as the oldest,
largest and best known Of all the Amerl-
can Advertising Agencies.
Frank Leslle's Popular Monthly for May.
Few give a moments thought to the i'm
menSe amount expended i'll the rolling stock
which makes travel so easy and comforta-
bic. Every car costs more than an average
house, and the amount represented by every
train of cars represents fortune on which
many would be glad to retire. "a Rail
way Train, and What it Costs is very
pleasantly discussed by \. Y. Abbot, in
Frank LesLie's POpaI!ar Monthly for May,
and whose reads it will acquire much uneX-
pected information. "A Colony of Latter
MANY who never dreamed of Mormonism
near Plymouth Rock. DR.. Felkin explains
fully the condition of Emin Pasha, and the
project for his relief, to save him from the
fate of Gordon. 4 Visit to Trinidad by
FlOrine Malcolm, takes the reader to an
out of the way island, with its wonderful
Pitch Lake. Louis g. ElsOn, one of the
brightest and most capable writer's on
music, tells the life story Of Wagner, the
great composer. What our Modern Book
Grew From, traces the history of the book
from the time when prehistoric man made
his first rude records OH the bones of ami
mails. 1.-TWO Rocky Mountain Mobiles, u
tells Of the Black-tail Deer and the Noun
she%p I'd the tte at
les w. II. Gibson chats pleasantly OF
''Sampson's Rock" big Guns" enables
all TO know what it costs in these days
to manufacture such cannon as are now re
quired, and how long and difficult the pro
cess has become. The illustrations are all
attractive and the stories by writers of un
questioned power.